Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Co key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Co had return on equity of 15.2%, an operating margin of 6.0%, debt equal to 27.3% of equity and a current ratio of 2.47. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Co: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year	2015Dec 2015	2016Dec 2016	2017Dec 2017	2018Dec 2018	2019Dec 2019	2020Dec 2020	2021Dec 2021	2022Dec 2022	2023Dec 2023	2024Dec 2024	2025Dec 2025	LTMJun 2026
Gross margin	24.8%	26.0%	18.4%	18.7%	21.0%	23.0%	20.7%	20.1%	23.0%	26.0%	25.7%	33.1%
Operating margin	4.6%	5.8%	5.1%	4.5%	4.4%	6.2%	4.8%	6.1%	5.6%	6.6%	6.0%	12.5%
Net margin	2.6%	3.5%	2.1%	2.4%	−2.2%	7.7%	3.2%	3.9%	4.0%	4.7%	4.4%	9.4%
Free-cash-flow margin	2.6%	7.6%	3.7%	0.5%	−0.6%	−5.2%	0.9%	−0.9%	13.6%	9.5%	1.8%	15.9%
Return on equity	23.8%	35.4%	29.6%	35.8%	−29.0%	79.5%	23.4%	22.3%	18.6%	19.6%	15.2%	28.8%
Return on assets	—	8.4%	5.0%	5.5%	−4.4%	13.6%	5.5%	6.6%	6.5%	7.7%	6.5%	14.2%
Asset turnover	—	2.40	2.33	2.29	2.01	1.78	1.70	1.66	1.62	1.64	1.49	1.51
Current ratio	—	1.33	1.16	1.31	1.18	1.69	1.94	2.80	2.05	1.97	2.47	3.13
Debt to equity	0.0%	59.3%	122.2%	82.1%	290.9%	122.8%	94.7%	89.0%	34.0%	30.1%	27.3%	23.1%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)	18.1x	31.6x	24.1x	11.5x	9.0x	18.7x	11.1x	8.5x	11.7x	70.5x	52.0x	—
Effective tax rate	38.5%	36.4%	51.2%	24.4%	37.6%	28.7%	26.4%	22.1%	20.4%	7.8%	25.8%	25.1%
R&D as % of revenue	1.3%	1.3%	1.4%	1.5%	2.0%	1.7%	1.3%	1.8%	2.0%	2.1%	2.2%	—
SG&A as % of revenue	20.0%	20.0%	13.1%	14.0%	16.4%	16.6%	15.9%	14.1%	17.3%	19.4%	19.7%	20.5%
Capital spending as % of revenue	0.8%	0.8%	0.8%	1.0%	0.7%	0.5%	1.8%	0.4%	0.5%	0.5%	0.5%	0.4%
Free cash flow ÷ net income	103.1%	216.1%	171.5%	23.0%	—	−67.5%	28.2%	−22.5%	337.6%	202.3%	41.7%	168.7%
Dividends ÷ net income	76.1%	160.4%	239.2%	26.3%	—	10.9%	25.7%	22.9%	24.1%	20.5%	24.3%	11.4%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow	73.8%	74.3%	139.5%	114.6%	—	—	90.9%	—	10.7%	32.8%	139.7%	11.7%

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Co: financial ratios, quarterly
Quarter	2024 Q3Sept 2024	2024 Q4Dec 2024	2025 Q1Mar 2025	2025 Q2Jun 2025	2025 Q3Sept 2025	2025 Q4Dec 2025	2026 Q1Mar 2026	2026 Q2Jun 2026
Gross margin	28.0%	26.1%	24.6%	27.5%	21.1%	28.3%	29.7%	54.3%
Operating margin	6.8%	11.0%	1.7%	4.7%	2.2%	11.9%	4.1%	30.3%
Net margin	1.2%	11.2%	1.4%	3.5%	1.2%	8.7%	2.9%	23.6%
Free-cash-flow margin	−1.7%	13.8%	4.6%	−24.5%	6.3%	13.1%	2.4%	40.4%
Current ratio	1.43	1.97	1.97	2.47	2.15	2.47	2.98	3.13
Debt to equity	—	30.1%	—	—	—	27.3%	—	—
SG&A as % of revenue	21.2%	15.0%	22.8%	22.8%	18.9%	16.3%	25.6%	24.0%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

2 of 2 checks passed · June 30, 2026

What it owns · $411m

Short-term assets $330mLonger-term assets $81m

What it owes, and who funded it · $411m

Short-term liabilities $105mLonger-term liabilities $89mShareholders' equity $217m

Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $330m of assets due within a year against $105m of liabilities due within a year.
Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $330m short-term assets against $89m of longer-dated liabilities.
More cash than debt Cash or debt not separately reported. Not assessable.
Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Equity or debt not reported. Not assessable.
Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt Cash flow or debt not reported. Not assessable.
Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Co's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

46 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Hamilton Beach Brands Holding's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

Returns on capital 11 / 20

Net income has been a median 7.5% of total assets over 10 years.
Pricing power 7 / 20

Gross margin has been a median 23.5%, moving by 3.9 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
Durability 7 / 20

Operating margin has been a median 6.1%; its worst year was 2.7%.
Cash conversion 8 / 20

Free cash flow was positive in 6 of 9 years, at a median 3.3% of revenue.
Discipline 17 / 20

The diluted share count fell 2.3% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.6% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (51 before it).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Co's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 29, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Co.